rei kawakubo said to be the next subject of a solo exhibition at the met

When They Were Young

"My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide." Rei Kawakubo

"I find beauty in the unfinished and the random . . . I want to see things differently to search for beauty. I want to find something nobody has ever found . . . it is meaningless to create something predictable"- Rei Kawakubo